Latest NonProfits Headlines
All the headlines from our NonProfits Topic Page, ordered by recency.
Coronvirus Led to Cancellation of Telecoms Meeting, but Insurance Cover Is Excluded
Feb 13 2020 // Companies that have spent money on a major telecoms conference in Barcelona that has been canceled after mass withdrawals due to the coronavirus outbreak cannot expect compensation under the organizers’ standard...
Motel 6 to Pay 2,000 Guests Whose Names It Gave to Immigration Officials
Feb 10 2020 // Almost 2,000 guests of Blackstone Group Inc.’s Motel 6 are poised for cash payouts in a settlement with the hotel chain for sharing their names with federal immigration agents. Lawyers on both sides of the case urged...
Take a ‘Deep Dive’ Into the Nonprofit Sector: Nonprofits Treading Water as Market Hardens
Feb 10 2020 // The task of insuring nonprofit organizations is a complex one and agents, brokers, underwriters and carrier representatives say that in order to fully serve those entities that serve our communities in myriad ways,...
Insurance CEO Takes Fight for Nonprofit Coverage to Congress
Feb 10 2020 // Pamela Davis, president, founder and CEO for the Nonprofits Insurance Alliance (NIA), is on a mission to help nonprofits be successful at their mission by ensuring insurance is affordable and available. She started the...
The Nonprofit World at a Glance
Feb 10 2020 // The nearly 1.6 million tax-exempt entities with 501(c) designations in the United States run the gamut from churches and cultural centers to food banks and homeless shelters to disaster relief organizations, and they can...
Report: Florida Will See Noticeable Climate Change Impacts in 20 Years
Feb 6 2020 // When scientists talk about climate change effects like sea level rise and extreme temperatures, they’re typically referring to things predicted to start noticeably occurring as soon as, say 2050, or into the next...
Michigan Health System: Ex-Worker Stole Patient Data and Shared It
Jan 28 2020 // A southeastern Michigan hospital system said that a now-fired employee accessed and shared what was supposed to be protected personal and health information of more than 1,000 patients with someone affiliated with a...
Disaster Loans Available to Mississippi Businesses Hurt by Beach Closures
Jan 24 2020 // Low-interest disaster loans are available for small Mississippi businesses hurt by toxic bacteria that closed every mainland beach in the state during the summer. Those in adjacent counties in Mississippi, Alabama and...
Nonprofit Opening Flood Risk Model to Researchers and Public
Jan 14 2020 // A nonprofit flood risk research organization is offering the first publicly available flood risk model that predicts the probability of flooding for homes and properties across the United States. Brooklyn, N.Y.-based First...
Cavignac & Associates in California Names Potter and Cavignac Principals
Jan 7 2020 // San Diego, Calif.-based Cavignac & Associates has promoted Kelly Potter and Preston Cavignac to principals in firm. They join Jeff Cavignac, Jim Schabarum, Scott Bedingfield, Patrick Casinelli, Matthew Slakoff and...
Federal Disaster Aid Coming to 18 New York Counties Hit by Storm
Dec 27 2019 // Federal disaster aid is coming to 18 upstate New York counties that endured severe thunderstorms and flooding on Halloween, U.S. Senators Charles Schumer and Kirsten Gillibrand announced Friday. The Federal Emergency...
Texas Regulators Want Stiffer Penalty for Owner of Port Neches Plant That Exploded
Dec 20 2019 // Environmental and watchdog groups have long criticized the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality for taking it too easy on polluters — and the TCEQ has often countered that its job is to coax industrial facilities...
Sutton Joins RHSB’s Public Entities Practice Group in Texas
Dec 5 2019 // Dallas-based Roach Howard Smith & Barton (RHSB) has added Cathilina Sutton to its Public Entities Practice Group. She will be serving as a senior account manager working closely with Allison Nixon, vice president, and...
Gwartney Appointed VP, Employee Benefits at Oklahoma’s Universal Insurance
Nov 14 2019 // Dason Gwartney has been named vice president and employee benefits practice leader at Universal Insurance Agency in Durant, Oklahoma, a unit of First United Bank. Gwartney joins First United/Universal with more than 25...
Reuters Report: How Plaintiff Lawyers Help Corporate America Keep Its Secrets
Nov 8 2019 // Paula Lawlor was sifting through piles of internal General Motors Co. documents in a hotel room outside of Los Angeles when she hit pay dirt: Company records showing that GM knew for years that stronger roofs on its...
SEC Investigating Valic, AIG’s Teacher Retirement Plan Unit, Reports WSJ
Oct 29 2019 // The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission is probing sales and disclosure practices at Valic, a unit of U.S. insurer American International Group Inc, the Wall Street Journal reported on Tuesday, citing sources familiar...
Connecticut’s Smith Brothers Insurance Hires Wohlers
Oct 25 2019 // Smith Brothers Insurance, a Glastonbury, Conn.-headquartered independently operated insurance broker, has hired Karen Smith Wohlers. She will be responsible for Employee Benefits Compliance and Legal Services in her new...
Puckett Joins Alliant Insurance Services as VP in Chicago
Oct 24 2019 // Bobette Puckett, a Chicago-based property/casualty insurance veteran, has joined Alliant Insurance Services as vice president. The longtime regional expert will service a diverse and growing client base throughout the...
Iowa’s GuideOne Insurance Names Groenheide Senior VP, Specialty
Oct 22 2019 // GuideOne Insurance in West Des Moines, Iowa, has appointed Mark Groenheide as senior vice president, Specialty. In this role, Groenheide is responsible for growing and managing the business by focusing on niche specialty...
Alaska Supreme Court Will Hear Youth’s Climate Change Lawsuit
Oct 10 2019 // The Alaska Supreme Court will hear arguments this week in a lawsuit that claims state policy on fossil fuels is harming the constitutional right of young Alaskans to a safe climate. Sixteen Alaska youths in 2017 sued the...
